APHG Test Review - Comprehensive

Since 1960 difference between per capita GNP of world's wealthiest and poorest countires has

Latitude is

Where would you expect to find the highest rate of population growth?

In distance decay models the slope of the decay function illustrates

Slash-and-burn agriculture meets all the following conditions except

The demographic transition model says that

Which projection places the North or South Pole at the center of the view?

Hearths of early Eurasian agriculture were generally located

Geographical research that applies to only 1 place or region is

One important consequence of cultural extinction is that

cartography is the art and science of

All choropleth maps use

In the gravity model of spatial interaction, population & distance

By 2020, most of the world's biggest cities will be located in

The word "geography" literally means

According to Malthus _ grows linear (arithmetically) while _ grows exponentially (geometric).

Religious practices that combine traditional tribal elements with Christianity is called

NYC is divided into 5 ____ in order to better organize social services for millions of people.

Core-periphery patterns exist within countries as well as among them. In the US, they include

In the world systems model, the core nations of the world are

Idea that impressions/experiences are filtered thru lens of our own culture is called

A population pyramid

Primary economic activities involve

The Pleistocene overkill theory argues that

Sources of forced migration include

Which religion originated in India & spread to SE Asia, Indonesia, & Japan?

Von Thunen's model of rural land use is based on which of the following premises?

Ag techniques developed in temperate areas are bad for wet tropical climates bc rainforest soil

Advanced econ countries may produce more pollution than less econ advanced countries because

What theory explains urban areas organized based on their functions & goods/services they offer

Cartographic scale refers to

Which model of urban geography best desribes this map?

_ maps work well for locating/navigating while _ display 1+ variables across a specific place.

ina 1995 plebiscite, Quebec sought what?

How long did it take hunter-gatherers to reach southern tip of SA after arrival in Alaska?

___ by industrialized nations has had extreme environmental consequences, according to India.

_ describes a group of people w/ a common ethnic ID that's spread out over a large area.

_ involves econ/political domination of 1 state over another, _ includes offical gov't rule.

The Kurds are an example of an ethnic group that

The study of interaction between human cultures and natural ecosystems is called

_ borders two continents, making it the intersection of many cultures & religions.

Longitude is

States with federal forms of government must also have

Hearth regions of early agriculture included present day

Which of the following is true about language extinctions?

Balkanization may result from all of the following factors except

Spatial diffuson that occurs between nodes without being absorbed by other groups is called

In the following distance decay function

The greatest concentration of linguistic diversity on earth is in

Primate cities are those that